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Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence (2009)
Book Chapter
Turner, S., McGregor, I., & Turner, P. (2009). Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence. In P. Turner, S. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Exploration of Space, Technology, and Spatiality: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (113-127). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-020-2.ch009

This chapter considers the role of sound, and more specifically, listening, in creating a sense of presence (of "being there") in "places" recreated by virtual reality technologies. We first briefly review the treatment of sound in place and presence... Read More about Listening, Corporeality, Place and Presence.

Networks of artificial social interactions (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2009, September). Networks of artificial social interactions. Presented at ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life, Budapest, Hungary

Evolution of cooperation is a fundamental question of socio-biology. Intrinsic factors like kinship play an important role in cooperation among selfish individuals. External factors like uncertainty and the structure of the social interaction network... Read More about Networks of artificial social interactions.

Modeling living systems (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2009, September). Modeling living systems. Presented at ECAL: European Conference on Artificial Life, Budapest, Hungary

A fundamental issue of evolution of life is the emergence and maintenance of self-referential autocatalytic systems (e.g. living cells). In this paper the problem is analyzed from a computational perspective. It is proposed that such systems have to... Read More about Modeling living systems.

The nature and value of research priority setting in healthcare: Case study of the POTTER project (2009)
Journal Article
Bannigan, K., Boniface, G., Nichol, M., Porter-Armstrong, A., Scudds, R., & Doherty, P. (2009). The nature and value of research priority setting in healthcare: Case study of the POTTER project. Journal of Management and Marketing in Healthcare, 2(3), 293-304. https://doi.org/10.1179/mmh.2009.2.3.293

Health research provides new knowledge to improve the population's health. There are limited resources to fund this research so many organisations have developed research priorities to guide commissioning. These studies often involve the use of conse... Read More about The nature and value of research priority setting in healthcare: Case study of the POTTER project.

Stochastic Modeling of Narrowband Fading Channels with Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering (2009)
Book Chapter
Karadimas, P. (2009). Stochastic Modeling of Narrowband Fading Channels with Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering. In S. Kotsopoulos, & K. Ioannou (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Heterogeneous Next Generation Networking: Innovations and Platforms (361-381). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-108-7.ch016

This chapter studies a composite stochastic model, in which the diffuse component arises from three dimensional (3-D) multipath scattering. That case occurs especially in dense scattering environments, in which the tall obstacles cause arrival of mul... Read More about Stochastic Modeling of Narrowband Fading Channels with Three Dimensional Diffuse Scattering.

A smartphone based telemedicine system for recording limited lead body surface potential maps (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Finlay, D., Nugent, C., Breen, C., Bond, R., & Moore, G. (2009). A smartphone based telemedicine system for recording limited lead body surface potential maps. In 2009 36th Annual Computers in Cardiology Conference (CinC) (237-240)

In this paper we describe the development of a limited lead BSPM system which is based around a commercial 12-lead ECG acquisition unit and a smartphone. We repositioned the six precordial leads to allow for better information capture and hence more... Read More about A smartphone based telemedicine system for recording limited lead body surface potential maps.

Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension (2009)
Book Chapter
Wight, C. (2009). Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension. In R. Sharpley, & P. R. Stone (Eds.), The Darker Side of Travel: The Theory and Practice of Dark Tourism (129-144). Channel View Publications. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781845411169-008

This chapter explores some of the intrinsically western ethical complexities associated with the production and consumption of dark tourism attractions, focusing specifi cally on contested narratives of national tragedy and dis-graced mo... Read More about Contested National Tragedies: An Ethical Dimension.

Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings (2009)
Report
Moobela, C., & Rampton, L. (2009). Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings. Portsmouth: South East Coastal Communities Project

This publication is the result of the ideas, experience and knowledge of a range of people. It is informed by a workshop held at the University of Portsmouth in spring 2009 and the results of the Rapid Parish Development Programme run by the local An... Read More about Sustainable Community Assets: Business planning for the (re)development of community buildings.

Cincinnati Orthopaedic Disability Index in canines (2009)
Journal Article
Valentin, S. (2009). Cincinnati Orthopaedic Disability Index in canines. Journal of Physiotherapy, 55(4), 288. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0004-9514%2809%2970014-5

General description: The Cincinnati Orthopaedic Disability Index (CODI) is a case-specific questionnaire completed by owners of dogs with orthopaedic disease, to measure individual functional status of the dog (Gingerich and Strobel 2003). Owners are... Read More about Cincinnati Orthopaedic Disability Index in canines.

TQEM towards Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaddour, L., Ramsay-Dawber, P., & Morledge, R. (2009, December). TQEM towards Sustainability in the UK Construction Industry. Paper presented at Association of Post Graduate Research Conference, Manchester, UK

Case studies on the implementation of TQEM in UK building contractors (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khaddour, L., Ramsay-Dawber, P., & Morledge, R. (2009). Case studies on the implementation of TQEM in UK building contractors. In Proceedings 25th Annual ARCOM Conference (1051–1058)

To reduce the substantial contribution of the built environment, contractors have to comply with the increasing number of environmental regulations. Recent interest in the subject has resulted in global research initiatives that aspire to provide an... Read More about Case studies on the implementation of TQEM in UK building contractors.

A Model of User Preference Learning for Content-Based Recommender Systems (2009)
Journal Article
Horvath, T. (2009). A Model of User Preference Learning for Content-Based Recommender Systems. Computing and Informatics, 28(4), 1001-1029

This paper focuses to a formal model of user preference learning for content-based recommender systems. First, some fundamental and special requirements to user preference learning are identified and proposed. Three learning tasks are introduced as... Read More about A Model of User Preference Learning for Content-Based Recommender Systems.

User Preference Web Search -- Experiments with a System Connecting Web and User (2009)
Journal Article
Gurský, P., Horvath, T., Jirásek, J., Krajči, S., Novotny, R., Pribolová, J., Vaneková, V., & Vojtáš, P. (2009). User Preference Web Search -- Experiments with a System Connecting Web and User. Computing and Informatics, 28(4), 1001-1033

We present models, methods, implementations and experiments with a system enabling personalized web search for many users with different preferences. The system consists of a web information extraction part, a text search engine, a middleware support... Read More about User Preference Web Search -- Experiments with a System Connecting Web and User.

Emotions and messages in simple robot gestures (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Chignell, M., Mizobuchi, S., & Yasumura, M. (2009, July). Emotions and messages in simple robot gestures. Presented at International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, San Diego, USA

Understanding how people interpret robot gestures will aid design of effective social robots. We examine the generation and interpretation of gestures in a simple social robot capable of head and arm movement using two studies. In the first study, fo... Read More about Emotions and messages in simple robot gestures.

A discussion of socio-economic management and incentives for the future internet (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stiller, B., Hausheer, D., Hobfeld, T., Liotta, A., Spirou, S., & Waldburger, M. (2009). A discussion of socio-economic management and incentives for the future internet. In 2009 IEEE Globecom Workshops. https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2009.5360747

This paper outlines the outcome of a socioeconomics (SE) and incentives work group during the "Management of the Future Internet" seminar, held in Dagstuhl, Germany. This covers an indication of key questions and issues, which are classified as impor... Read More about A discussion of socio-economic management and incentives for the future internet.

Multiple streaming at the network edge (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhaisoni, M., Ghanbari, M., & Liotta, A. (2009). Multiple streaming at the network edge. In 2009 First International Conference on Advances in P2P Systems (150-155). https://doi.org/10.1109/AP2PS.2009.31

Streaming video over the Internet, including cellular networks, has now become commonplace. Network operators typically use multicasting or variations of multiple unicasting to deliver streams to the user terminal in a controlled fashion. An emerging... Read More about Multiple streaming at the network edge.

Security and Routing Scoped IP Multicast Addresses (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Al-Dubai, A., & Kellil, M. (2009). Security and Routing Scoped IP Multicast Addresses. In International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops, 2009. ICPPW '09 (228-235). https://doi.org/10.1109/icppw.2009.81

IP multicast is an efficient and scalable network layer delivering method for multimedia content to a large number of receivers across the Internet. It saves the network bandwidth and optimizes the processing overhead of the source. However, current... Read More about Security and Routing Scoped IP Multicast Addresses.